Stablecoin issuer Tether is pushing further beyond its core USDT business by leading a funding round of up to $1.4 billion for NEURA Robotics, a German humanoid robotics startup, as it moves to put wallet and AI tools inside machines that could one day earn and spend money on their own.
Tether Investments, the El Salvador-based investment arm of Tether, said in a June 10 blog post that it is backing NEURA's Series C round and plans to deploy some of its own technology into the robotics company's ecosystem.
As part of the agreement, NEURA's robots are expected to integrate Tether's Wallet Development Kit, an open-source toolkit for self-custodial wallets, to let robots receive micropayments for completed tasks.
Tether didn't say when the wallet integration will go live across NEURA's machines.
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NEURA will also test Tether's QVAC edge-first AI runtime in Neuraverse, its software platform for connecting robots. Tether says running AI models locally can reduce latency and dependence on cloud providers, which matters more when machines need to react in real time.
- Founded in 2019 by David Reger, NEURA Robotics builds humanoids as well as robotic arms, autonomous mobile robots and service robots.
- The company raised €120 million in a January 2025 Series B led by Lingotto Investment Management, with investors including BlueCrest Capital Management, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, InterAlpen Partners, and others.
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